Dear Jeff Sessions: Don’t quit. Make Trump fire you if he wants you out.

President Trump has found a new low in how he treats the office of the President. It’s not his constant whining about how unfair everyone is to him. It’s not the victim card that he constantly plays so his supporters will pity him more. It’s how he’s handling Jeff Sessions. It’s the weakest series of moves I’ve ever seen from a President, which says a lot after eight years of Barack Obama.

Yes, the President of the United States wants his Attorney General to leave. Nevermind the fact that Jeff Sessions was one of Trump’s earliest and staunchest supporters when so many others refused to take him seriously. We’ll even put aside the highly probable notion that Sessions’ interactions with Russian officials during the campaign were not done without candidate Trump’s knowledge. Lastly, we’ll ignore that his recusal was the only viable move to make in light of the situation. I’m not stymied by the fact that Trump wants Sessions out. What gets me is how he’s going about doing it.

Let’s look at the situation. First, he blasts Sessions out of the blue in an interview with an organization he’s constantly called out as fake news: the New York Times. Second, he was almost certainly the source of the leak to another fake-news-favorite of his, the Washington Post, that alleges Sessions’ interactions with Russia were more nefarious than he admitted. Lastly, he’s going after his Attorney General on Twitter in a way that can only be described as infantile.

In short, the President of the United States is passive aggressive. Instead of just firing Sessions, he’s playing games in public in an effort to force him to resign.

For a man who pretends to be such a strong leader, his chosen course of action is about as weak as it gets.

As for Sessions, I strong encourage him to continue his duties, avoid interviews, stop reading Twitter, and above all else DO NOT RESIGN. If your boss wants you out so badly, make him fire you. If you succumb to the pressure, you’ll only be encouraging him. This is no longer about you alone, Mr. Attorney General. This is now about the future of the nation. Trump needs to not get his way on this one. He wants you to quit. You can’t.

Every time he Tweets out more insults about you, he’s weakening his own position in the mind of voters. Every criticism he lobs at you in public is something you should either ignore or accept. Either he’ll continue his childish behavior or he’ll break down and fire you. Regardless of what happens, he’s sending a message to anyone in his cabinet or staff that loyalty is either absolute or it doesn’t count in his books.

No matter what he says or does, Mr. Sessions, you absolutely cannot give in to his desires. If he wants you out so badly, make him fire you. For the sake of America, don’t kneel before him and kiss his ring prior to falling on your sword as he wishes. Make him pick up the sword and hunt you down with it. Otherwise, you’re only reinforcing his choice to play this game with you and others in the future.

3 migrant caravan claims Jim Acosta made to President Trump that have been debunked… by the migrant caravans

CNN’s Jim Acosta has been at the center of the news cycle for 12 days. It’s not his reporting that landed him there. He’s the center of attention after the Secret Service suspended his hard pass to the White House. His pass is back and most seem to be moving on from the story. But something has been lost in the mix. The statements he made while badgering the President on November 7 were spoken with authority and certainty.

Less than two weeks later, all three of his claims have been proven wrong by the migrant caravans themselves.

“They’re hundred of miles away, though. They’re hundreds and hundreds of miles away.”

Around 3,000 migrants arrived in the last few days, doubling the total number of migrants waiting to be processed at the San Ysidro border crossing to 6000. Thousands more are expected in the coming days.

More than 500 criminals are traveling with the migrant caravan that’s massed on the other side of a San Diego border crossing, homeland security officials said Monday afternoon.

The revelation was made during a conference call with reporters, with officials asserting that “most of the caravan members are not women and children”. They claimed the group is mostly made up of single adult or teen males and that the women and children have been pushed to the front of the line in a bid to garner sympathetic media coverage.

By now, any thinking person regardless of political ideology should realize Jim Acosta is an idiot. In the short time he held the mic at the press conference, he made three debunked statements. Journalists are supposed to expose the truth, not spread lies.

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Fred Savage owns Deadpool in Once Upon a Deadpool trailer

I’ll admit, I didn’t even know this was a thing. When I heard about it, I assumed it was a spoof, probably put out by Ryan Reynolds to catch a few Christmas laughs. I was wrong.

Once Upon a Deadpool is a new edit of Deadpool 2 made with a PG-13 rating. Fox has been pushing for Reynolds to do a PG-13 version for over a decade, but the star has refused until now. He had two requirements. First, he Fox to donate money from the movie to a charity of Reynold’s choice. Which did he choose? A charity Fox is referring to as “Fudge Cancer,” though the charity’s real name would be better served in the R-rated version of Deadpool.

The second requirement is that Reynolds needed permission to kidnap Fred Savage.

Reynolds got both of his wishes and Once Upon a Deadpool was born. It’s due for a limited engagement next month.

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Legislators tell Allen West: Next version of First Step Act will cut loopholes

Last week, a handful of conservatives, including Lt. Col. Allen West and Conservative Review’s Daniel Horowitz, went after the bipartisan First Step Act, a criminal justice reform bill that has the backing of the President and many conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Our complaint: why would the GOP support a bill that releases violent criminals and illegal immigrants?

According to legislative proponents of the bill, protections and benefits for both of these groups of felons have been eliminated in the next version of the bill that will reach the Senate floor. They reached out to West over the weekend to let them know they heard the concerns and are addressing them.

The First Step Act is supported by many conservatives and law enforcement groups, including the Fraternal Order of Police, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the National District Attorneys Association. There are other proposals offered by those on the far left under the same banner of “criminal justice reform” that would release people from prison without regard to the danger they pose, including illegal immigrants and serious violent offenders. We must remember that there are some folks who are, well, as the ol’ folks would say, “just bad.” Additionally, some left-wing professors even propose abolishing all prisons partly based on their notion that the system is racist in nature. Hmm, I tend to believe that skin color or race has nothing to do with a person deciding to break the law. I just do not want us to go down the path of having criminals believe that there are no consequences, ramifications, for their actions and behaviors.

The legislators echoed our concerns and said the version that is currently available doesn’t reflect the changes that cut the loopholes. They say it will be impossible for these two groups – serious violent offenders and criminal illegal immigrants – to get the benefits of the bill. Many felons will be released early. Future felons will be given lighter sentences. That makes sense for many, but by no means should anyone in either of the two most dangerous groups receive sentence reductions, according to the letter to West.

My Take

Call me cynical, but lately I’ve changed my general rules regarding promises of politicians. It used to echo President Reagan’s stance on nuclear disarmament: “Trust but verify.” I now have to go with a more adversarial stance on political promises: “Show me proof, then we’ll talk.”

When the legislation is made available to the public, many will take a close look at it. I’ll personally be checking to see if there are any loopholes that would put violent offenders or criminal illegal immigrants back on the street sooner. If so, it’s a no-go for me.